Hospitalist utilization and hospital performance on 6 publicly reported patient outcomes

Journal of Hospital Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 482-488

  Goodrich, Kate ^a,b   Krumholz, Harlan M ^c,d   Conway, Patrick H ^a,e   Lindenauer, Peter ^f,g   Auerbach, Andrew D ^h  

^a CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ARTICLE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITALISTS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; MORTALITY; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PATIENT READMISSION; PNEUMONIA; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864741238     PISSN: 15535592     EISSN: 15535606     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jhm.1943     Document Type: Article

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